Susan Rice: "We have a president who is doing our arch-adversary's bidding, it would seem."

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Former national security adviser says the Russian bounty reports show Trump is 'surrounded by sycophants and weaklings who aren't doing their jobs'
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The intelligence describing the suspected plot was gleaned from interrogations of captured Afghan militants and criminals, according to reporting from The Times, and was bolstered by electronic data intercepted by American officials showing large financial transfers between Russia's military-intelligence agency and a Taliban-linked account. The White House is not believed to have responded against Russia.
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Trump has garnered a reputation as a president who's averse to details and doesn't pay attention to or read briefings. He's also been accused by critics of behaving in a subservient manner to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and CNN recently reported that Trump's angry reactions to intelligence warnings on Russia led his national security team to brief him less and less on Russia-related threats to the US.

Along these lines, Mitchell on Sunday asked Rice why Trump would not have raised the matter with Putin during six phone calls that took place after February 27, when the intelligence was said to have been included in the president's daily written briefing.

"None of this adds up," Rice said. "We have a president who is doing our arch adversary's bidding, it would seem. And he is surrounded by sycophants and weaklings who aren't doing their jobs."

Rice said the president's advisers didn't have the confidence to "bring the president the tough messages he needs to hear." - Business Insider

[NewJeffCT]

1. "it would seem"

Democrats always hedge their words and it really weakens what she is saying. "We have a president who is doing our arch adversary's bidding." full stop, she didn't need to add "it would seem"

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2. It's pretty heavy duty if Rice said "we have a president who is a traitor".

Which is what is really the truth. For some reason, it's not being said the way it's happening in the real world.

Why the media is as scared of fox propaganda as the sycophants are of trump, I'll never know. The media won't call out fox as a propaganda station any more than they will call the president a traitor....which everyone knows it is, and he is.

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4. You're criticizing her over "it would seem" when no one else is...

saying anything. Please!

She's calling out trump and his sorry sycophants. It's real talk and is needed.

The repugs who aren't doing their job in forcing trump to confront Putin are the ones you need to be criticizing.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Not singling out Rice, because way too many Democrats do similar

using "it would seem" and other words to hedge against making too strong of a statement.

Like "Trump is APPARENTLY using the bailout money as a slush fund"

"The Trump administration is SEEMINGLY inflicting cruel & unusual punishment on children by keeping them in cages"

"The Trump administration is POSSIBLY shortsighted by withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords."

and, yes, I have called it out on here several times in the past

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6. Not an issue IMO. Criticize the repugs doing all the dirt.

[lagomorph777]

3. Not a mistake, a dropped ball, an accident. Trump is deliberately allowing Putin to kill our troops

[OverBurn]

7. I hope Susan Rice is the next Vice President!